Foundations of Witchcraft: A Blackfeather Mystery School Manual is the revised and expanded (over 10K words) text formerly known as Blackfeather Mystery School: The Magpie Training. This manuscript is slated for release through Crossed Crow Books for August of 2026. (The next Foundations training will be in September of 2026.) Pre-order your copy here. Foundations...| Glasse Witch Cottage
When I look at the path of a river, I sometimes marvel at the way it cuts through stone to wend its flow through the landscape around me. I’m lucky enough to live near both the Potomac and Conococheague rivers and I’ve spent a lot of time wandering their shores and paddling kayaks along their...| Glasse Witch Cottage
There’s a funny quote that circulates around the internet from time to time. It’s been attributed to lots of people, up to and including Sigmund Freud, but as far as I can tell it originated from a random person’s Twitter feed many years ago now. The quote reads: “Before you diagnose yourself with depression or...| Glasse Witch Cottage
This spring, I had a chance to sit down with JoAnna Farrer of The Coffee & Divination podcast for a lovely, wide-ranging conversation. We cover a lot of ground: tarot, divination, reconstruction of seidr, oracular work in general, Pagan community, and more. Check it out at one of the links below! General purpose link, for...| Glasse Witch Cottage
I find myself continually grateful to live in Western Maryland. For someone of Pagan faith, whose spiritual practice is oriented toward aligning with the cycles of nature, it’s hard to imagine a better region in which to make a home. The cool rains of springtime fell heavily this year. Now, as we turn toward the summer solstice, the longest day of the year and the official “start” of summer, the green and growing spirits around us are bursting forth with wild abandon. Our lush, burgeoni...| Glasse Witch Cottage
Want to learn how to become a hedge witch? Here's my 6 essential steps including how to cross the hedge, use herbs, and begin shifting.| Otherworldly Oracle
I was a lonely child. I am now and have always been a bit of a too-much person. I have big feelings, an abundance of natural energy, and I’m very smart. I also fall into the neurodiverse world when it comes to how my brain works. I have some sensory processing issues that can cause trouble if they get too close to the surface. I know now that some of the behaviors and lashing-out I experienced as a child were a response to hitting neurological overwhelm. It’s easy to analyze all of that n...| Glasse Witch Cottage
One of the aspects of Pagan culture that can seem unusual to newcomers is the names that some Pagans take as part of our spiritual journey. Many times, these names are unfamiliar and identifiably not part of the larger culture from which we hail. Some of us only use our spiritual name in religious spaces like ceremonies and Pagan gatherings, but as taking a different name becomes more common in the wider culture, more and more Pagans are feeling empowered to legally change their name to their...| Glasse Witch Cottage
Depending on the metric you use to sort generations into categories, I am either one of the youngest members of Generation X or one of the oldest members of the Millennial generation. My birth year is 1980, which means I occupy a weird overlap between generational lines. One of the big ways both generations struggle involves money and property. According to the Schroders 2023 U.S. Retirement Survey, over 60% of non-retired Gen Xers do not think they will be able to fully retire. Based on conv...| Glasse Witch Cottage
For my divination altar, I use a blue and gold cloth that I wove. For the Sacred Fire, I have a candle burner. I use an abalone shell for offerings and to burn incense in. For divining, I have thre…| Neptune's Dolphins
I am not interested in 5E because it is inextricably linked to the contemporary fantasy aesthetic. This also happens to be the secondary reason why I hated the Hobbit films. I realise I have exiled myself to a barren peninsula of my own eccentricity here but the fact remains that the aesthetic essence of the thing (i.e. its "style") matters far more to me that playability, accessibility or innovation. If 5E pursued a Weird aesthetic and rolled out Ian Miller, Russ Nicholson and John Blanche t...| Middenmurk
God is Dead, Long Live the Gods: A case for polytheism Why does polytheism make more sense than monotheism?Why do monotheistic religions always manifest as confused forms of polytheism? Why ar…| Gus diZerega